brain dump

I was listening to a radio show this morning, and someone mentioned the Niagara Escarpment. That led me to Wikipedia, of course, and then I was off to the races.

Paleoamerican history. The Iroquois Confederacy.

The Sullivan Campaign, in which some of my Patriot relatives were participants (and which showed them the beautiful land that enticed them to settle in Rome, PA after the Revolution).

The Battle of Newtown.

Mary Jemison, "The White Woman of the Genesee".